]]>By: paperlionshttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465405
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:02:40 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465405Yeah, I am…but if he struggles, that won’t necessarily decrease his current (or future) trade value, but if he holds his own or excels it will increase it. For the Marlins, it seems like a no risk move.
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465403
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:53:12 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465403Paper: you’re assuming he does well up here. He might, of course – he wouldn’t be the first youngster to break in early – but more than likely he’s going to get smacked around but good and he won’t get much support from his gimpy or gerontological infield or outfield, the Iron Giant notwithstanding. If he melts down due to inexperience and winds up struggling to get his confidence back in the minors by midseason, all such bets are off.
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465401
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:48:48 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465401Incidentally, the other evening I was enjoying some fine local musicians up at the world famous Luna Star Cafe in North Macondo, being ministered to by the lissome Brie, the barista, when a North Macondo city councilman I know walked in and began telling Alexis, the establishment’s indefatigable owner, about a difficult vote coming up on a bond issue for the city’s art museum. Conversation then turned to the upcoming countywide vote on authorizing a fat new wad of public money for upgrading Joeprodolsharklife Stadium. The councilman’s response: it’s a moribund turkey, because Scrooge McLoria and the Feesh “have killed any possibility of public money for sports facilities in this county for the next hundred years.”

That’s as close to a silver lining as we’re gonna see down here.

]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465399
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:37:43 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465399They actually don’t pass for MLB in many venues anymore. Not even here.
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465397
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:36:41 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465397Incidentally, I do wish this kid luck. He has loads of talent, but he’s getting this break more because of injuries to other Feesh hurlers this spring than because he’s really ready. It would make much more sense to let John Maine join the starting rotation and keep him on the bench for mop up work, of which there’s likely to be plenty, than put him in a higher pressure situation before he gets his fins wet.
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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:31:52 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465395You do realize, of course, that that’s not where Cur and Proudly think he’s headed, right?
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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:00:02 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465390See you on the Tigers in 5 years
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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:57:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465389Montreal then Miami
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465386
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:47:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465386And the scuttlebutt around the domino tables at the Leetle Havana cafes thees morning? “Yeah, he’ll be thought of as the next Andrew Meeler – another potentially talented peetcher the Feesh ruined by pooshing heem eento the show about a fool season at treeple ay before he was ready.”
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465380
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:38:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465380What do you mean, “another” market? This one already looks like that pan shot of Tokyo that opens Godzilla. Has since the infamous 2005 “market correction” by Scrooge McLoria and the Chihuahua.
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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:32:57 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465376This^

Rinse and Repeat while Bud turns the other check and watches another market get destroyed

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:12:55 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465369Not too surprising if you think of it from the Marlins odd perspective (in that they have 0% intention of keeping any player that is good enough to earn a lot of $$). Florida doesn’t view assets like other teams, they aren’t worried about starting his arbitration clock, in fact, getting it started sooner might make him more valuable in trade. For a team with Florida’s priorities (make money, don’t spend money, win if you get lucky), this has multiple benefits. 1) It might create a little buzz and sell tickets for games the kid starts. 2) If he does as well as projected, by the time he’s 24 he’ll be ripe trade bait, what team wouldn’t be interested in an established 24 yr old starter? Great target for an extension without even going into his 30s.
]]>By: bringbackkosarhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/jose-fernandez-20-makes-marlins-opening-day-roster/comment-page-1/#comment-465368
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:04:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465368and the follies that pass for MLB in south Florida continue
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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:49:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465365I understand you are only 20 but just to be safe, Jose, you may want to rent instead of buy.
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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:31:58 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=366231#comment-465360Right on cue the trollisphere of the NY media is criticizing the Mets for standing pat with Wheeler.
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